A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy (Final Report to Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, Fusion Development Path Panel)
Abstract
This report presents a plan for the deployment of a fusion demonstration power plant within 35 years, leading to commercial application of fusion energy by mid-century. The plan is derived from the necessary features of a demonstration fusion power plant and from the time scale defined by President Bush. It identifies critical milestones, key decision points, needed major facilities and required budgets. Recent advances in the science and technology of fusion energy have dramatically improved the prospect for practical fusion power. The goal of a self-sustaining, burning fusion plasma is planned to be achieved both in inertial fusion with the National Ignition Facility and in magnetic fusion with the international ITER experiment. These experiments form a basis for this plan, and the need for their full exploitation underlies its near-term urgency.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- US Department Of Energy, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Science (SC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1178807
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SC-0074
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
None, None. A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy (Final Report to Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, Fusion Development Path Panel). United States: N. p., 2003.
Web. doi:10.2172/1178807.
None, None. A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy (Final Report to Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, Fusion Development Path Panel). United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1178807
None, None. 2003.
"A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy (Final Report to Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, Fusion Development Path Panel)". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1178807. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1178807.
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title = {A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy (Final Report to Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee, Fusion Development Path Panel)},
author = {None, None},
abstractNote = {This report presents a plan for the deployment of a fusion demonstration power plant within 35 years, leading to commercial application of fusion energy by mid-century. The plan is derived from the necessary features of a demonstration fusion power plant and from the time scale defined by President Bush. It identifies critical milestones, key decision points, needed major facilities and required budgets. Recent advances in the science and technology of fusion energy have dramatically improved the prospect for practical fusion power. The goal of a self-sustaining, burning fusion plasma is planned to be achieved both in inertial fusion with the National Ignition Facility and in magnetic fusion with the international ITER experiment. These experiments form a basis for this plan, and the need for their full exploitation underlies its near-term urgency.},
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year = {Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2003},
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